CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The American Bank Center was turned into every sneakerhead's dream as it played host to Kickin' It By the Bay, one of the biggest sneaker and vintage markets in Texas.
While sneakers may be the headliner, there is something for everyone at the market. From vintage T-shirts of decades past to vinyl records, baseball cards and all sorts of collectables.
One of the co-hosts of the event, Jay Martinez, said he got the inspiration while attending similar events.
"We explore and do these things in other cities and other states," he said. "And it's kind of big. The buy re-sell market is really huge. We wanted to bring that to Texas, bring it to our hometown and kind of expand it and see how far we can take it."
The first Kickin' It By the Bay event saw about 12 vendors. More than 80 vendors were at Sunday's event.
There was even a line of about 50 people waiting outside the American Bank Center before the event even kicked off.
"It's kind of crazy to see how fast our passion, our dream and our vision has grown in the past two years," Martinez said.
The sneaker market will be making its next stop in San Antonio over the summer, before heading to Houston in September.
They intend to come back to Corpus Christi around the end of the year for another installment.
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